Pahadi House Partner Homestay

Little Sparrow Homestay, Rishikesh

Rooms with their own kitchen, air conditioning and an open terrace, two km from Rishikesh station

Bharat Vihar · Rishikesh, Dehradun 5.0 from 3 Google reviews

A room with a kitchen, in Rishikesh

Most places in Rishikesh give you a room and a restaurant downstairs. This one gives you a room with a kitchen in it, and the utensils to go with it. That matters if you are here for a week, feeding children, eating something particular, or simply sick of restaurants.

The house is at Bharat Vihar, opposite the Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, about two km from Rishikesh railway station and three from Triveni Ghat. The rooms are large and plainly furnished. Super king bed, air conditioning, television, Wi-Fi, big windows. There is an inverter that keeps the light, the fan and the TV running when the power goes, and in Rishikesh the power goes.

Above the rooms there is an open terrace facing the Shivalik hills and the fields. People do yoga up there at sunrise. In the monsoon you can stand and watch the weather come over the ridge. The photographs on this page do not really get that across.

Location: Gali No. 3, opposite Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, Bharat Vihar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249203. About two km from Rishikesh railway station and six from Ram Jhula. View on Google Maps

Kitchen: Each room has kitchen access with utensils provided. No meals are served, so you either cook or eat out, and Rishikesh is full of places to eat out

Setting: A quiet residential lane with fields behind it, an open terrace above the rooms, and the Shivaliks in view

Tariff: From Rs 1,650 to Rs 2,350 a night. Pricing is quoted plainly, which guests have written about

Facilities and experiences

Kitchen and utensilsIn the room, ready to use
Super king bedEight feet by seven
Air conditioningIn every room
TelevisionAnd Wi-Fi through the house
Inverter backupLight, fan and TV stay on
LiftTo the rooms and the terrace
Open terraceYoga at sunrise, hills in view
Table tennisOn the terrace
ParkingRoom for a couple of cars
Attached bathroomsHot water
Ganga ghats nearbyTriveni Ghat ~3 km
No smoking in the roomsStrictly
Rainwater harvestingAnd waste segregation
Host on siteArun lives here
Transparent pricingWhat you are quoted is what you pay

Your stay

Three rooms. Kitchen and utensils included, no meals served. Tell the family your dates and how many of you are coming and they will confirm what fits.

Super king bed in the room at Little Sparrow Homestay, Rishikesh

Rooms with a kitchen

Three · AC · super king bed
  • Super king bed, eight feet by seven
  • Kitchen and utensils in the room
  • Air conditioning, TV and Wi-Fi
  • Inverter keeps light, fan and TV on
From Rs 1,650/ night
Open terrace with a table tennis table at Little Sparrow Homestay, Rishikesh

The terrace

Open · hill views · table tennis
  • Looks across to the Shivalik hills
  • Yoga at sunrise, sunset in the evening
  • Table tennis table
  • Watch the monsoon come over the ridge
Includedwith the room
Bathroom at Little Sparrow Homestay, Bharat Vihar, Rishikesh

Bathrooms and the practical bits

Attached · hot water · lift
  • Attached bathroom to every room
  • Hot water and a geyser
  • Lift up to the rooms
  • Parking for a couple of cars
Includedwith the room

Things to do

Bharat Vihar is a residential part of Rishikesh rather than the ghat side, which means you sleep in quiet and drive or walk in for everything else. The station is two km away and the river is three.

Triveni Ghat~3 km, the evening aarti
Ram Jhula~6 km
Janki Setu~7 km
Bajrang Setu, Tapovan~8 km
Yoga and ashramsAcross the river at Swarg Ashram
White water raftingShivpuri run, ~18 km
Neelkanth Mahadev~30 km
BirdingFields and the ridge behind the house
Waterfall walksNeer Garh and Patna falls
Sunrise on the terraceWithout leaving the house

Good to know before you book

What the house gives you

  • ✓ A room with its own kitchen and the utensils to use it
  • ✓ Super king bed, air conditioning, television and Wi-Fi
  • ✓ Inverter backup for the light, fan and TV
  • ✓ Attached bathroom with hot water
  • ✓ The open terrace and the table tennis table
  • ✓ Lift access and parking for a couple of cars
  • ✓ A host who lives on site and knows the town

Worth knowing

  • ✕ No meals are served here. You cook in the room or you eat out
  • ✕ Pets are not accepted at this property
  • ✕ Smoking in the rooms is not allowed, and the family means it
  • ✕ This is Bharat Vihar, not the ghat side. Ram Jhula and the ashrams are a six km drive
  • ✕ It is a homestay in a residential lane, so there is no reception desk
  • ✕ Rishikesh gets hot from April to June. The air conditioning matters then

How to reach

From Delhi~240 km · ~6 hr drive
Rishikesh railway station~2 km · ~5 min
Jolly Grant airport~20 km · ~40 min
From Haridwar~25 km · ~45 min
From Dehradun~45 km · ~1.5 hr
Triveni Ghat~3 km · ~10 min
Ram Jhula~6 km · ~20 min
Neelkanth Mahadev~30 km · ~1.5 hr

Rishikesh station is two km away, so if you are coming by train this is one of the shortest transfers in town. Jolly Grant airport is about forty minutes. Driving from Delhi it is the Meerut and Haridwar road and then in through Rishikesh, and the last turn is Gali No. 3 opposite the Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir at Bharat Vihar. There is room for a couple of cars, and guests arriving on bikes have written that finding the place was straightforward. Send your arrival time and Arun will send the pin.

Questions people ask

Where exactly is Little Sparrow Homestay?
Gali No. 3, opposite the Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir in Bharat Vihar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249203. That is about two km from Rishikesh railway station and three from Triveni Ghat, on the town side rather than across the river.
Does the room really have a kitchen?
Yes, and it is the main reason people book here. Each room has kitchen access with utensils provided, so you can cook properly rather than reheat things. No meals are served by the house, so plan on cooking or eating out.
How much does a homestay in Rishikesh with a kitchen cost?
Here it is Rs 1,650 to Rs 2,350 a night depending on the room and the season. Guests have specifically written that the pricing was transparent from the start, which in this town is worth saying out loud.
How far is Ram Jhula?
About six km, roughly twenty minutes by road. Janki Setu is around seven km and Bajrang Setu at Tapovan is about eight. Triveni Ghat, which is where the evening aarti happens, is the closest at about three km.
Is it good for a longer stay?
It is built for one. A kitchen, a lift, an inverter, air conditioning, Wi-Fi and a terrace add up to somewhere you can work or stay for weeks rather than nights. The registration lists workation as one of the things it suits.
Are pets allowed?
No, not at this property. If you are travelling with a dog, tell us and we will point you at one of the pet friendly homestays on our list instead.
Is there anything to see from the property itself?
The terrace looks across fields to the Shivalik hills. People do yoga up there at sunrise, and in the monsoon you can watch the storms come over the ridge. There is a table tennis table as well.
How do I book?
Use the WhatsApp button on this page. It opens a message to Arun with the property name already in it so he knows it came from Pahadi House. Send your dates and how many of you there are.

A homestay in Rishikesh with a kitchen of its own

Rishikesh has thousands of rooms and hardly any kitchens. The ashrams feed you on their timetable. The hotels have a restaurant. The guest houses hand you a menu. None of that suits a week long stay, or children, or a diet, or wanting your own chai at six in the morning without asking anybody. Little Sparrow puts a kitchen in the room and leaves you to it.

The house is at Bharat Vihar, opposite the Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, two km from the railway station and three from Triveni Ghat. Rooms are large: a super king bed, air conditioning, a television, Wi-Fi, big windows onto the fields, and an inverter that keeps the essentials running through a power cut. There is a lift, which not every homestay in this price range has, and parking for a couple of cars.

Bharat Vihar rather than the ghat side

Swarg Ashram and Tapovan put you in the middle of everything. That is right for three days and tiring by the end of a week. Bharat Vihar is a residential lane on the town side. You sleep in quiet, you drive or walk in for the river, and you come back to somewhere nobody is arriving at midnight. Triveni Ghat is ten minutes, Ram Jhula about twenty.

What is close by

  • Triveni Ghat, where the evening aarti is, about three km.
  • Ram Jhula at roughly six km and Janki Setu at seven.
  • Bajrang Setu at Tapovan, the crossing that reopened in 2026, about eight km.
  • Rafting at Shivpuri, around eighteen km up the Devprayag road.
  • Neelkanth Mahadev, about thirty km by road through the forest.

The terrace

It runs the length of the building, open to the sky, Shivaliks in front and fields below. Guests do yoga on it at sunrise. There is a table tennis table for the rest of the day. One review is about sitting up there through a hot afternoon and not minding the heat. Another has a photograph of a rainbow over the town taken from it.

How this listing works

Little Sparrow Homestay is a partner homestay on the Pahadi House list, not a property we run. The enquiry goes straight to Arun, so you are talking to the person who will host you. If you run a homestay in the hills and want to be on this list, it is free to register.

To check dates, message the family at +91 90458 97171.

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